Using evidence from Colombia, the authors study the relationship between firms' productivity and their export market …

based on exporting and ownership status. We find that within-firm productivity growth of exporters drives overall …This paper combines a literature identifying the sources of productivity growth with a literature exploring differences … between the characteristics of exporters and non-exporters to examine the contributions of exporters and non-exporters to …

Using evidence from Colombia, the authors study the relationship between firms' productivity and their export market …

, highlighted that many exporters are just trade intermediaries that do not produce the exported good and, importantly, the … exporters are the best performing firms, we also show that they are supported by suppliers that are very good performers …